Who We Serve

The Adoption Authority of Ireland has working relationships with a wide and diverse network of stakeholders and stakeholder groups. We value these relationships and actively promote their development.

Our Clients – the primary focus of our service:

• our most important clients – the children on whose behalf we provide adoption services
• adult adopted people
• natural parents and families
• adoptive parents and families

The Minister for Health and Children and the Minister for Children at the Department of Health and Children, whom we advise and whose work we support

The Adoption Support Groups with whom we work

• representative groups of adopted people
• representative groups of natural families
• representative groups of adoptive families
• representative intercountry adoption groups
• other voluntary groups

The Local Service Providers that we work with

• the HSE
• the registered adoption agencies
• other public and regional bodies
• mediation agencies
• The Courts Service
• The Garda Síochána

The International Bodies with which we work

• The Hague Commission
• central authorities under the Hague Convention
• adoption authorities in countries with which Ireland has adoption agreements

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